Secondary or storage battery.



B. FORD.

SECONDARY 0R STORAGE BATTERY.

APPLICATION FILED IAN.29, I9I5.

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SECONDARY 0R STORAGE BATTERY'.

Patented July 9, 19.18.

APPLICATION FILED )AN.23, X915.

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Application filed anuary 29X 191. aerial No. 5,602.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known iliatil, BRUCE Fono, a citizen of he United States, residingat Philadelphia, in the county of hiladelphia and. State ofPennsylvania, have invented eertain new anfl useful Improvements inSeeonciary or Storage Eaiieries, of which the following; is aspecification.

The prinoipal'objeots i' Jehe present invention are, First, to provide asecondary or storage battery espeeiaily aclapte 'for use oirr hoard ofboats or ships and therefore adapted to meet the requirements andeoncliiions of that kind oi service; second, eo provide a. storagehatery which can he assembled coinplete and readily and easily installedin that condition on a boat or ship; and third, to provide a storageoatery in which the parts are so combined and arranged that. the batteryor cell will withstand the movements and the strains thereof incident toits loadin g and use upon a ship or boat.

The invention will be claimed at the end hereof out will be Erstdescribed in connection with the embodiment of it chosen for'illustration in the accompanying drawings in which-- i' Figure l., isafsirle View, partly in section of a storage baitery or storage baLterycell embodying* features of the invention.

Fig. 2. is an end view of the sanne7 artly in section.

Fig. 3, is a top view of the saine wigh parts broken away.I and Fig. 4,is an end View of the oeil.

'1, is a jar or container provided wiih transverse and longiiuiiinalexternally arranged reinforcing ribs 2, and 3. The jar .is made ofrubber or like material and sueh inaerial as a class is not rigicl orstrong;` but flexible and yielding. There is an advantage, however7 inusing noihing" out lie jar and dispensing wiiih such boxes as areusually employed' lo contain, protect and suppori ii. 'i he advangage isa savingr `in room which on a ship or heal. means more pla-tes or activeelements and hence more capacity. The jar l, is providedwitlifupstand/ingears el. These ears are provided with openings whichare lined wiih soirruhhei1 or like groinels or linings 5. y ille ears,or more .z ieeurately the groineiis. ailier@ inea ns i'oi' Connecting'i'he jar with hooks or other gear by which il? can loe lcafutleii` andunloaeiei internally alie ier is provided 'with vthe top part ofoppo'sieiy disposed 'uijiivariliy iieielei4 C and l. 8 unil if?, .a

ing hoolrqlilre iee'i i0. suppe seas,fas`\shown through ine iinerveniioaei soft rubber or like rusiiiens i? .ihe finies i2, oii like polarityare sus i from one nus har as "l anfl if but opposite polarity are susside i'roin 'the Tous har The s the plaies are suspended i lai'ecl oroi? insuiaiir liroua i all the plate. withfiusuiators l5, lief'ivxeenare laterally arranged. lower parts oi the plaies pass roes 17, ha;sappi 19 and 20, are flanged rei force; material of the jar walls andlille); are rangecl for Cooperation wi'l he seats G andL 1 and the otheriep pi the jar so as ifo properly taire andi distribney stresses andstrains. The flaw oi" ihe rij Q "inioreeineni's 1), exiend inward underihe Y'seats 6 and 7. and the reinforcements extend upward into 'the earsand ari'uuni iiheir openings. so thaty ihe weight of ihe plaies bus barson the seats is referred io the ri; i- .foroenients 1S. rl`he fiangesoit 'the rein lierre :me-nis 20, are at the iop anil exieml iuvcarii inwhich posil'ion they are weli ailapeil o perform the reinforcing :nulalieni; function. rlhe reinforeeinens whivh f enibeclclefl in ihe 'jarwalls hohl liein up the riin Q8, oi ille cover 2l ami so insure in Mleonneciion with the sealing` ronipounii :in 'a tight joint. lli the cellsuhjerril so rmfh ing;- motion, the se; ts G and i". in eoi'wra'ion withthe i'oot l0', on the vons han; operate io prevent uiulesirahle im i??siona hence che .auer is ne# of the plates, and flanged reinforcementsin the material of the jar walls arranged for coperation with the earsand seats, substantially as described.

2. A. storage battery for boats and the like comprising the combinationof a jar provided with upstanding ears and with oppositely disposedinclined seats, bus bars having feet resting upon said seats, plates oflike polarity suspended at one side from each bus bar, .rods sup ortedby the plates and from which the other sides of the plates aresuspended, projections at the lower parts of the plates, and flangedreinforcements in the material of the jar walls arranged for coperationwith the ears and seats, substantially as described.

3. A storage battery for boats and the like comprising the combinationof a jar provided with upstanding ears and with oppositely disposedinclined seats, bus bars having feet resting upon said seats, plates oflike polarity suspended at one side from each bus bar, rods supported bythe plates and from which. the other sides of the plates are sus ended,projections at the lower parts o the plates, fianged reinforcements inthe material of the gar walls arranged for coperation with the ears andseats, and cushions between the seats and bus bar feet,

substantially as described.

4. A storage battery forlboats and the like comprising theA combinationof a jar provided with upstanding ears and with oppositely disposedinclined seats, bus bars having feet resting upon said seats, p ates oflike polarity suspended at one side rom each bus bar, rods supported bythe plates and from which the other sides of the plates are suspended,projections at the lower parts o theplates, flanged reinforcements inthe material of the )ar 'walls arranged for coperation with the ears andseats, separators between the plates, and separator supporting barscarried by the projections, substantially as described.v 5. In a storagebattery the combinatie of a jar having in its wall and integraltherewith an upwardly inclined seat, and

a hooklike plate supporting foot coper' ating with the seat to hold thejar wall toward the plate structure by the action of the weight thereof.

6. In a storage battery the combination of a jar having a seat and anupstanding ear, lates carried by the seat, and a flanged rein orcementembedded in the jar wall and underlying the seat and extending into 'theear, substantially as described.

7. In a storage battery the combination of a jar having two oppositelydisposed seats, bus bars' seated respectively on said seats, plates oflike polarity suspended at one side from each bus bar, and supportingrods from which the plates are suspended at the 4other side,substantially as described.

8. In a storage battery a jar,'a cover having its rim opposed to the jarwall, and a metal reinforcement embedded in the jar wall to hold it upto the rim of the cover to maintain a tight joint, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name.

BRUCE FORD. Witnesses:

CLIFFORD K. CAssEL,

FRANK E. FRENCH.

